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Also Known As Peter Hillsman Taylor
Born January 8, 1917 • Tennessee
Died November 2, 1994 (aged 77) • Charlottesville • Virginia
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • PEN/Faulkner Award (1986)
Notable Works “A Summons to Memphis” • “A Woman of Means” • “The Old Forest”
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Edna Ferber, 1920.
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